MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Common sun star - Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

123336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123336)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Parent

Solasteridae Viguier, 1878

Synonymised names

Polyaster Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym based on Sladen (1889))

Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted

Solaster(Polyaster) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Crossaster borealis Fisher, 1906
Species Crossaster campbellicus McKnight, 1973
Species Crossaster diamesus (Djakonov, 1932)
Species Crossaster helianthus Verrill, 1894
Species Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911)
Species Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889
Species Crossaster scotophilus (Fisher, 1913)
Species Crossaster squamatus (Döderlein, 1900)
Species Crossaster taitai Mah, 2023
Species Crossaster aboverrucosus (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Crossaster affinis (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Species Crossaster alternatus Fisher, 1906 accepted as Heterozonias alternatus (Fisher, 1906)
Species Crossaster australis Perrier, 1891 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Species Crossaster australis Perrier, 1888 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Crossaster canopus H.E.S. Clark, 1963 accepted as Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to McKnight (1976))
Species Crossaster koreni Verrill, 1914 accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Crossaster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1916 accepted as Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889
Species Crossaster neptuni Bell, 1881 accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Crossaster ochotensis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Crossaster borealis ochotensis Djakonov, 1950
Species Crossaster vancouverensis de Loriol, 1897 accepted as Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911), Verrill (1914))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 321 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123336 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2009-01-08 02:40:22Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 321 [details]

original description (of Polyaster Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]

original description (of Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]